Armani Critiques Prime Minister Renzi’s Fashion Sense

Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi might have won the support of a large part of Italian voters at the past European elections. But he’s low in the approval ratings of his country’s top fashion guru.

Speaking at the end of his show on the last day of the Milan men’s fashion week, Giorgio Armani suggested to Mr. Renzi, who often goes without a tie as part of an image as a challenger to the Italian establishment, to ease up on his casual style – starting with scrapping the premier’s omnipresent white shirt.

Italian men tend to wear white shirts at formal events, often shunning it for the office as an overly American style. Mr. Renzi is “cute, but that white shirt….,” he told journalists Tuesday.